1 Rescue, 1 Death & 1 Waiting To Be Saved

Firefighters rescue two window washers caught on a dangling scaffolding 164 feet up. No injuries were reported according to local media. Click to enlarge.

Window washers rescued after dangling from Chile hotel 164 feet above the ground: Two window washers were hanging onto their lives by a string at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Santiago. They were successfully rescued by a firefighter crew. A duo of window washers was rescued Wednesday morning when the platform they were on snapped. The men were trying to clean the windows of the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Santiago, Chile.

One of the washers was hanging onto a harness while the other was still holding on to the scaffold dangling from 164 feet above the ground. Firefighters were not able to reach them with a ladder so they rappelled down the building, according to local media. The man on the harness was rescued first, then the one on the platform. It was reported that the men had no injuries, but they both received medical attention.

Officials are still trying to figure out what went wrong and are trying to investigate if the platform wasn't secured properly. A similar incident happened earlier this month at the 1 World Trade Center in New York.

Dumont window washer dies after falling from ladder behind Norwood home: A 62-year-old window washer from Dumont died after falling from a ladder outside a Norwood home today. The Dyer Court homeowner told police she came home the middle of this afternoon and found the self-employed contractor dead on her rear deck.

He’d apparently landed on his head hours earlier, said emergency responders. The Bergen County Medical Examiner pronounced him dead at the scene through Hackensack University Medical Center paramedics. “He must have gotten there around 8 a.m. and was cleaning gutters and washing windows when the homeowner left,” said Police Chief Jeffrey Krapels.

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